Michael Jenkins

I grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma eating typical middle-America fast food favorites. My mom was a single mother and a physician. She worked 70+ hours a week, and didn’t have much time for home cooked meals. We grew up with a lot of take out and I didn’t develop a curiosity for cooking until I was a teenager. I’ll never forget when I asked my mom to show me how to cook a steak. She told me to take one of the Pyrex dishes, place the steak in the middle (seasoned with Mrs. Dash, because “salt will kill you”), and we cooked the filet of beef in the oven on the broiler function until it was grey all over. I decided steak must be overrated... She says I learned how to really cook out of self defense. After thousands of hours in the kitchen, traveling, and experiences I have decided steak isn’t so bad. Seared foie gras might be even better.